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Re: Taxes and Charity Jragghen Send a noteboard - 23/09/2012 07:47:16 AM
Going after him for -not- claiming charitable deductions is going to backfire if the Democratic party keeps it up. By the same token, the Republican party would be wise not to make too big a deal out of their respective charitable donations.


Going after him for it is silly, but it is amusing that Romney previously said that any person who doesn't make every single deduction they can is an idiot, then he was forced to do so in order to keep his tax rate above the level he said he has at least paid for the past decade. Not to mention, he can claim the deductions next year, so it really doesn't even matter at all for him. Not a point to attack, more simply a point of amusement for those who pay attention.

That being said, I kinda fall on the side of things where I don't exactly view churches in the same light as charities, particularly when those churches take an active role in certain realms of the political process, but that's a whole separate argument.
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Re: Taxes and Charity - 23/09/2012 07:47:16 AM 847 Views
I imagine much of Romney's charitable giving is to the Mormon Church. - 23/09/2012 12:08:45 PM 798 Views
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I'm part of society too. Does that mean I'm as worthy a recipient of money as the public purse? *NM* - 23/09/2012 10:37:31 PM 359 Views
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I am very well aware of that. *NM* - 24/09/2012 01:47:06 PM 310 Views
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At the risk of sounding like a fundamentalist... - 23/09/2012 11:05:14 PM 789 Views
Local symphonies are usually charities - 23/09/2012 11:21:07 PM 780 Views
Very well said. *NM* - 24/09/2012 06:12:23 PM 337 Views
will you count Scientology as a church? - 26/09/2012 03:26:53 PM 782 Views
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